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A journey back to an incredible country...this time featuring condors, flamingos, and pink dolphins!

We flew across the Drake Passage from Rio Gallegos, Argentina to King George Island on an Argentine Air Force C-130 and cruised on the Ocean Nova for 4 days before flying back to Punta Arenas, Chile.The weather could not be any better! With temperatures in the mid-40s, we often dropped our jackets on the rocks near the beach and hiked up to see the penguin colonies. We were often 10 to 100 feet …

Impressions of Iquitos, including Belen, and reflections on a week-long boat trip on Amazonian rivers.

Delving into the rich wildlife of the Amazon, we explore the Napo and Aguarico Rivers of Ecuador. Then it on to Sacha Lodge to experience the unique atmosphere at this ecolodge on our Ecuador tour.

We had an unbelievable vacation this winter. We made a 20 thousand mile trip across half of the world. We had 15 stops in 27 days in Argentina, Chile and at several Antarctic Islands. We crossed all three natural passages between Atlantic and Pacific oceans including the Magellan Channel, Beagle Channel and Drake Passage, and washed our hands in waters of each of them. We landed at Cape Horn and …

To say this was an adventure of a life time is an understatement. It wasn\'t long after the MY Tucano left the dock in Manaus that I spotted my first of many grey dolphins. The Rio Negro was so expansive it looked more like an ocean than a river.

From the first contact in Ushuaia, Argentina, to the drop-off in Punta Arenas some nine days later we were safely guided through some of the most spectacular scenery in the world and provided some of the finest in service we had ever had.

Swimming with pink dolphins, climbing trees, and cruising the Rio Negro in Amazonia.

Over the years, especially in the last few, we’ve been traveling extensively in the US and the rest of the world. It goes without saying that each trip had memorable moments and left us with many great memories. As time and age take their toll on our memory, we realized that we sometimes forget some of the great moments and sometime we have a different recollection of what happened or what we …

Repositioning Cruise on the Andrea from Cadiz to Buenos Aires.